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| 18th October 2009 gemma | - From: More lovely Thailand so 1. well done for taking a photo of yourselves whilst in motion on a moped - good pic, and 2. "20m free0dive" ie with no breathing equipment? thats amazing loz! G x |
| 24th April 2009 laurentbon | Too late! - From: Ko Phi Phi and Ko Lanta Unfortunatly, Christian has already told us it is a horse shoe crab - he gets to be our wildlife guide, I am afraid.. ;-) Ahah too late, too late! But thanks for reading our blog. Laurent xx |
| 21st April 2009 jo | weird creature - From: Ko Phi Phi and Ko Lanta Is a horse shoe crab! : ) Can I be your wildlife guide? |
| 22nd March 2009 laurentbon | - From: Melbourne cold nights... Crazy motos is right - we were totally unprepared for Kmer traffic! Didn't know you could fit 5 monks on a motorbike! Hurrah for Melbourne - got any photos to substantiate our claims of a cool city?! Or of our stay with you? |
| 19th March 2009 Nik | Melbourne, cont. - From: Melbourne cold nights... Damn those thieves that got your memory card in Sydney! They just seemed to bookend a pretty ordinary time for you in Oz. I'm really glad you made it to Melbourne though, and that you were able to scratch the surface of some of the stuff going on here. You're right, Melbourne has this fantastic lanway culture that has grown over the last 10 years or so, and I'm only just discovering it myself... great street art, music and so many bars and drinking dens behind hidden doors. Glad as well that you had a chance to experience Melbourne cafe culture. I love that about this city, and often wish it were similar in London rather than the glut of chain Starbuks and Neros and Rebublics with their shite beverages and homogenised design. Have a great time in Cambodia and watch out for the crazy mototcyclists everywhere... nik x |
| 12th March 2009 laurentbon | perceptive! - From: Bula from Fiji! Ian- indeed! Quite so. With parents like yours we shoulnt be surprised by your precociously perceptive comments on our trip. We'll talk some more when we meet ! |
| 9th March 2009 laurentbon | bula you! - From: Bula from Fiji! Bula you! Hey - thanks for following us! I know, you know how we are so into our coffee :-) and sampling local fare is an obsession! It's always disappointing to be in coffee producing places where local people don't drink or sell their product, preferring commercial Nescaf :-( They think we are a bit odd drinking so much caffeine in such hot climes. On the various occasions when no-one could go near the food in Fiji, we just ate our emergency cereal bars! But it shows the diversity of the resorts and the ways they deal with tourists - some share their local knowledge and interesting food and others just slap down the most basic inedible cheapest and easiest stuff despite the fact the tourists are paying, relatively, big bucks. Because the tourists only stay a couple of days and generally never come back - not a great symbiosis in Fiji altogether. You don't get what you pay for, you just sometimes get lucky; we have confirmed this during our travels! |
| 8th March 2009 Ian | ian 1 month & 9 days - From: Bula from Fiji! gokj¨ ? slv,41231FSvrezEGFV?P |
| 6th March 2009 anonymous | - From: Bula from Fiji! " inedible oily dumplings with nescafe " poor things ... :) |
| 24th February 2009 laurentbon | Bonjour Tatie - From: New Zealand South Island Cela nous fait plaisir que le blog soit lu et plaise! Jaque endroit est intéressant à sa manière! Laurent x |
| 8th February 2009 Claude Thierry | - From: New Zealand South Island Vous faites un magnifique voyage.Les photos nous font rever.Profitez-en aux maximum.Bisous. |
| 4th February 2009 laurentbon | - From: New Zealand South Island I thought I was gone get away with me mentionning how much I like this bird but, oh no! you saw it in the photo! Hope all good in Stokey despite the winter weather. Lozz xx |
| 31st January 2009 laurentbon | hey G - From: New Zealand South Island hey g-had! Yeah, m put a private ballet show just for me and the dolphins on the beach! Lozz xx |
| 30th January 2009 Harris | I'm shocked! - From: New Zealand South Island I'm sure you do love a shag on the beach, but we don't all need to know that! honestly! cx |
| 29th January 2009 angie &Eric | jealous - From: New Zealand South Island NZ looks too good to be trueand we're full of envy -Laurent, you must be in heaven .......you are two lucky guys ...life goes on much as usual here! tho Rach and Angie are going to a Wisconsin spa for the weekend to bond over coming wedding......snow and saunas. Too bad about June but...c'est la vie! |
| 28th January 2009 linda spence | blimey - From: New Zealand South Island look amazing -i wanna go great blog and pics! |
| 28th January 2009 laurentbon | Hey Mr Soo - From: New Zealand South Island How often do you get to see real penguins!? Hope all good with you! |
| 27th January 2009 g-had | - From: New Zealand South Island dancing oddy, you actually look like you're on points in that pic! |
| 27th January 2009 Chris Soo | Whats up with Laurent & Penguins? - From: New Zealand South Island You can't get away from your facination can you laurent!? bit worrying :S |
| 21st January 2009 laurentbon | Old-fashioned language - From: New Zealand North Island We're racking our brains for the things people said to us in shops and hotels, when we used to giggle and say my Gran used to say that! Has floated out of our brains now in Oz! But generally, people speak very proper and varied English and use loads of expressions, which we seem to be losing the nack of in England. Makes the speak sound a little archaic. and they call shops proper names like drapers, ironmongers etc. |
| 14th January 2009 mark | trys to think of a novel take on "looks amazing!" in the title - From: New Zealand North Island looks amazing give us an example of a "quaint NZ expression" that we dont use any more :) |
| 17th December 2008 Jack | Kia Ora & Happy Christmas - From: Supply of coke and explosive materials to miners Hi guys, sounds like you're having a sensational time, I'm really enjoying your essays!! VF pitch finally out of the way (we find out in Jan) so things at are slowly getting back to normal. Have a great Christmas on the other side of the world & keep up the blogs! Jack |
| 13th November 2008 Bill and Joanne | Nice to hear from you again - From: Lake Titicaca - Peru & Bolivia You guys make us look bad, we are 3 months behind in posting blog entries and we seem to be only a few steps behind you in travels right now. We were just in Puno - Lago Titicaca. We are now in Aeriquipa. Its Nov 13 today, we head to Colca Canyon then back to Lima, then Mexico - Toronto- Vancouver then home for Christmas. Its always nice to hear about your adventures. Stay healthy and safe. cheers Bill and Joanne |
| 6th November 2008 Marine | - From: 10 things we miss the most C'est en voyageant qu'on se rend compte de la chance qu'on a de vivre dans des pays développés, cependant ça nous apprend l'humilité. |
| 6th November 2008 Manders and Amelia | - From: Cusco and the Inca "Trial"! Wow guys....... Amelia and I have just been catching up with all your pics and blog and it looks like you are having a fab time. Amelia loved all the pics of Galapagos island, particularly Sally the crab!!! Keep up the excellant reporting Laurent. Have fun and lots of love Manders and Amelia xx |
| 28th October 2008 jo | - From: Cusco and the Inca "Trial"! it's magical innit? when I was there it was really misty and when it lifted we couldn't believe our eyes - beautifully there were llama walking among the MP ruins - ace : ) xx glad your diarroka has cleared Martha xx |
| 27th October 2008 Marine | - From: Cusco and the Inca "Trial"! I have the same picture from me on top of Wayna Pichu and without clouds! |
| 27th October 2008 Martin Shaw | It all looks spectacular - keep the news coming! - From: Cusco and the Inca "Trial"! Photos look fantastic and it sounds like you're having a great time. It's really a pleasure to read this stuff as the weather and nights close in here in the UK. Just stop making me jealous! |
| 20th October 2008 jo | mmmm caiparinha! - From: Welcome to Paradise! mmmmm lush lush lush I LOVE caipirinhas! One of my fave cocktails : ) and yes i concur with Mark - it is a great egret, that big white bird....keepn on having fun and blogging! Reading it's almost as good as being on holiday! well,.. almost ; ) xx |
| 20th October 2008 jo | lovely Lima : ) - From: Northern Peru - beeping horns soooo glad you liked Lima, I loved it! Did you see the catacombs with all the bones laid out? I nearly fainted in there due to air filled with dried bones, death, and a raging hangover! Pisco sours rule too - even though they are made with raw egg ; ) xx BTW I had no idea inka cola was made by coca cola - gutted, I even bought the T shirt!! So glad I charity shopped it last week.... |
| 20th October 2008 jo | sharks! - From: Galapagos wowzers!! have been v v busy so only just catching up on your amazing journey - sounds fantastic so far : ) Am a big shark lover, and am very very jealous you saw galapagos sharks and hammerheads - were you sh*ttin yourselves? Both types can be very aggressive potentially - did you get any photos? How big were they? Were you snorkelling or diving? Glad you loved the galapagos, shame you were sick M : ( am gona read on.... xx |
| 18th October 2008 laurentbon | Chantal - il est sur que nous avons moins chaud que toi! - From: VILCABAMBA - valley of eternal youth Ayant acheve le chemin de l'Inka, nous recuperons a present a Cusco avant de descendre vers la Bolivie en fin de semaine. Ici, avec l'altitude, bbrrr! Bisous de tous les 2 xxx |
| 18th October 2008 laurentbon | Hummingbirds - From: Galapagos are becoming 2 a penny btw! Thanks for keeping on the blog! xx |
| 18th October 2008 laurentbon | glad you like it lovely Helene - From: Northern Peru - beeping horns - keep reading and we will try not to make it boring - KIT lovely! xx |
| 15th October 2008 Helen | Amazing! - From: Northern Peru - beeping horns Your trip is fantastic, and the blog such a great way to keep in touch. Loving it! And looking forward to more updates. XXXHelen |
| 6th October 2008 soyo | wow! - From: Galapagos jealous jealous jealous |
| 6th October 2008 laurentbon | Hello there - From: Galapagos Thank you Bill & Joanne! Hope your travels are still taking you to fantastic places! L+M |
| 6th October 2008 chabou | en français ! - From: VILCABAMBA - valley of eternal youth S'il n'y en a qu'une, ce sera moi, qui vous écrirai en français. Et pour vous lire, je fais comme les petits, je regarde les images ! Remarquez, elles sont très belles, les images et j'en profite pour rêver que je suis une petite souris dans la poche de votre sac à dos. Allez, mes amours, j'espère que vous avez moins chaud que moi et que la route est bonne. Muxus tout plein. maman |
| 5th October 2008 LOAtravels | Another great entry - From: VILCABAMBA - valley of eternal youth Love the buses, we have been lucky getting some ideal seating on the buses so far, being a freak of nature these buses are intimidating. Bus on !!! |
| 5th October 2008 LOAtravels | Hola - From: Galapagos Great post guys, we really enjoyed the cruise and the company we had during our time in the Galapagos. Safe travels and we will keep looking for more updates of your travels. Bill and Joanne (the old Canadian couple) |
| 2nd October 2008 gemsport | - From: Galapagos sounds amazing. wish i'd been there! |
| 1st October 2008 Kirsty | Bright Green With Envy - From: Galapagos It's been a dream of mine to go to the Galapagos one day....I enjoyed every detail of your descriptions and you have some great photographs. Very envious. Keep posting the blog entries - we love 'em! xx |
| 30th September 2008 Marine | - From: Galapagos How amazing, it's beautiful! Just for the info, the small guitar (yukulele like) is called a charango. Bisous. |
| 29th September 2008 Christian&Kirsty | Panpipes.... - From: Otavalo - Saturday market ....are the brain child of the devil, conceived as a way to massacre any good tune ever written. Hope you bought a CD of the band! x |
| 28th September 2008 laurentbon | Welcome Christian & Kirsty! - From: Quito Thank you! It take hours in noisy cybercafes and on crap computers, but we really like sharing what we are up to and it is good to hear that someone likes reading us! Kirsty - We have more photos of crabs that look far more exotic coming up on our Galapagos post (we should get around to writing it this week) - keep reading! L+M xx |
| 26th September 2008 Christian&Kirsty | We've subscribed... - From: Quito ....so we can torture ourselves with tales of your adventures while it get's darker and colder back here. Great blog - keep it going! And Kirsty likes the tame crab! Love C&K xx |
| 25th September 2008 Marine | - From: Quito Coucou tout les deux, enfin des nouvelles, je commençais à m'inquiéter. Il me tarde de voir les photos de la croisière! Bisous. |
| 13th September 2008 laurentbon | 2nd indeed - From: Adeus Parati, boa noite Sao Paulo! Yep - 2nd largest indeed. From the times where the large coffee population of SP required a lot of plantation workers.. |
| 13th September 2008 laurentbon | 2nd indeed - From: Adeus Parati, boa noite Sao Paulo! Yep - indeed second largest japanese population outside Japan. Large immigration at the time where SP coffee production was booming and needed plantation workers.. |
| 11th September 2008 soyo | who'd have thought - From: Adeus Parati, boa noite Sao Paulo! 2nd biggest japanese population outside japan! |
| 10th September 2008 roberto@r&r | Toad's Mouth! - From: Welcome to Paradise! At least there is only one Sheffielder on the beach : Toad's Mouth is usually crawling with them. |
| 9th September 2008 soyo | - From: Welcome to Paradise! big bird is a great egret :) beach looks shit - not a patch on toads mouth :) |
| 9th September 2008 soyo | dinosaur bird - From: Monkey magic! these are probably hoatzin you are seeing hummingbirds ROCK! |
| 7th September 2008 Chris | hey! - From: Welcome to Paradise! I'm so glad to see that your trip is, so far, so detailed in its fauna-related research - "water bird" - is that the latin? Sorry - just jealous. Loving reading the entries so far. Keep it up! That's if you can fit it in amongst the sunbathing and snorkelling. I'm sure Cliff Michelmore didnt work this hard in his pursuit of bringing news from far-flung climes back to blighty! Have Fun! |
| 5th September 2008 laurentbon | Big Big country! - From: Monkey magic! hi Cath - yes, fun we are having and Rio was mad especially Lapa nights, but here we are on the coast enjoying totally different Brazil. We are aware that we are only convering about 1% of the country - could stay here for a year alone! |
| 4th September 2008 laurentbon | - From: Monkey magic! Cheers, Mark - Please keep up the wildlife advice. here there are hummingbirds, weird dinosaur-like birds and other we can't describe to you but that you would doubtless thinks interesting! L&M xx |
| 4th September 2008 laurentbon | Thanks - From: Exploring Rio Thank you Dave! Please that someone reads the blog and even more that it is not all boring to everyone else! L&M x |
| 1st September 2008 soyo | Nice! - From: Monkey magic! being your wildlife advisor I think the monkeys are common marmoset :) keep up the excellent blog mark xx |
| 1st September 2008 dave c | good work folks - From: Exploring Rio very inpressed with the blog folks, you should be writing for rough guide..... xx |
| 31st August 2008 laurentbon | - From: Arrival to Rio and first adventure.. our knowledge of portuguese has in fact been praised! I am really enjoying trying and it seems to work far better than in portugal. People will talk to you even if you make loads of mistakes - many don`t speak English. Even taxi drivers don`t know the little cobbled streets here though (in writing, I mean), which doesn`t make life easy! |
| 31st August 2008 Roberto@r&r | Tourists! - From: Arrival to Rio and first adventure.. Would knowledge of Portuguese help? |
| 29th August 2008 Cath | Oh my god, mini monkeys!! - From: Monkey magic! Glad you arrived safely. Sounds like quite a mad place. Have fun amigos! xxxx |
| 28th August 2008 Gemsport | - From: Monkey magic! you two are the most conscientious bloggers ive ever come across! didnt you only get there yesterday?! well done :) (i'm just jealous) |
